Welcome to Open Exhibits 2.0

The new site and software development kit (SDK) are here. Both are brand new and built from the ground up. Continue reading

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Collection Viewer 2.0 – Multiscreen Capable With Editing GUI!

As part of the new Open Exhibits release next month, we are releasing a new and improved version of the Collection Viewer. The 2.0 version has the ability to display images or related video on second display, improved metadata support, … Continue reading

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100 Years Exhibition Now Open at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

This weekend we had the pleasure of attending the opening of 100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The Impact on Pueblo Nations at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC). The exhibit has two media-based interactive exhibits and while these … Continue reading

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Emerging Exhibits: Exploring New Models of HCI – Course at Ontario Science Centre

Later this spring, I will be teaching a course on exhibit development for the Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria. The course will be held in Toronto at the Ontario Science Centre from April 22-24. It is … Continue reading

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What Will You Build with Open Exhibits?

It has been a little over a year since the Open Exhibits website launched an we began posting software modules and templates. Over the new year holiday, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) and community member Lance Castillo posted a … Continue reading

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100 Years Exhibition at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

(Cross-posted from Ideum blog) Early next month, 100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The Impact on Pueblo Nations exhibition opens at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The exhibit is tied to the state of New … Continue reading

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Heist! at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

On Friday Heist software was used to show digital objects at the Opening of the “Look Close See Far: A Cultural Portrait of the Maya” exhibit opening at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The digital objects were from the Maxwell’s … Continue reading

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